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Dordt College, Gereformeerde Hogeschool, renew agreement
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04/28/2003
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Dordt students will continue to be offered a semester abroad in Zwolle,
the Netherlands, with the signing of a new five\_year contract between
Dordt College and the Gereformeerde Hogeschool, a Reformed University
of Professional Education there.
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Dutch officials were on the Dordt College campus April 28 to arrange
the extension of the cooperative program named N\_SPICE, Netherlandic
Study Program in Contemporary Europe. The program allows 20\_30 students
each year to travel to the Netherlands, where they live with Dutch
families, attend college classes and have the opportunity to go on
European excursions. Agreement Renewed
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\'93This is a celebration of the good relationship that we\'92ve had
for the past three years,\'94 said Ken Bussema, director of the N\_SPICE
program. \'93The student response has always been positive \'85 there's
already a list of several students eager to participate in N\_SPICE
2004,\'94 he added. Bussema travels to Zwolle a couple times each
year to oversee N\_SPICE, for which Dordt College carries the overall
and final educational responsibility.
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The role of the Gereformeerde Hogeschool is oversight of day\_to\_day
affairs and assuring the quality expected of the courses, which include
Dutch art, architecture, culture, society and history.
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Some of the primary objectives of the N\_SPICE program are to help
students develop an awareness of the variety of peoples and cultural
traditions in Europe; to understand the contemporary political, economic,
religious and social structures of the region; and to develop skill
and sensitivity in cross\_cultural communication.
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N\_SPICE was organized in April, 2000, and is also offered to students
at other institutions that are members of the Coalition of Christian
College and Universities
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